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My inner middle-schooler is giggling over the headline.

• feoren 3y ago
  I couldn't help it either. Astronomy is just going to be forever plagued by this name.
  • gambiting 3y ago
    It's a problem just in English, because for some reason that I really don't understand, in English it's pronunced like (ur)anus, instead of pronuncing it like the name of the Greek god it's named after - ooranos(Uranos).
    • euroderf 3y ago
      and if you shift the stress to the first syllable, it comes out as Urinous. Ya can't win.
      • elwell 3y ago
        first two syllables
• deleted 3y ago
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• abledon 3y ago
  really wishing HN had a LLM powered 'Sort by humor' feature right now
• denysvitali 3y ago
  I can't believe I had to scroll this much. Thank you!
  • GBond 3y ago
    finally found my people
• queuebert 3y ago
  I have a PhD in astronomy, and I did too.